No longer tangled and pointing in the right direction.
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Fixes for small pieces of massive problems show that overarching crises may be less hopeless than they appear.
The U.S. is getting older, more suburban and less fertile.
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Older. More suburban. Less fertile. More diverse. This year, Americans grappled with some major shifts in the demographic landscape.
The Kavanaugh hearings were about the only thing Congress has done with a link to #MeToo.
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In the last year, workplace culture faced major upheaval for working women. We at The Conversation put together our reporting on that very topic from 2018.
Protesters stand outside the CBS shareholder’s meeting.
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An employment law expert explains why it’s time CEOs had to follow the same rules and harassment policies as every other employee.
Freight ships are tied to many countries.
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Carbon emissions from maritime freight are everyone’s problem because of climate change.
A plastic waste dump.
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Less than 10 percent of plastic waste has been recycled – a factoid recently crowned statistic of the year.
Conflicting fuel standard reports from the Trump and Obama administrations disagree by billions of dollars.
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Their analysis finds that the costs exceed the benefits by over $170 billion – but it includes four major errors in the calculations.
Just put the phone down, and it’ll charge right up.
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Wireless charging is conceptually easy but technically difficult. Devices that can adjust themselves to optimize charging are on the way.
If you feel like you’re being watched, it could be your smartphone spying on you.
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Experts describe their research into how smartphones collect and share private personal information with tracking companies and advertisers.
Colorado state senator Randy Baumgardner was accused of inappropriately touching a former legislative aide.
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Between November 2016 and October 2018, more than 130 government officials were publicly accused of sexual harassment or assault.
Presidents Xi and Trump don’t always see eye to eye.
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Despite agreeing to a ceasefire, the two sides offered differing depictions of their trade war truce that show a lasting peace may still be out of reach.
Protesters carry a banner that reads in Spanish, ‘Property of the G20? Who chose?’
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Argentina has been grappling with currency flight and an economy sinking deeper into recession, not to mention the worst drought in decades.
Before they walk down the aisle, many couples want to own a house, have a bank account and have a job that offers health insurance.
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A new study suggests that Americans face an ‘economic bar’ to marriage. Before they walk down the aisle, many couples want to have a house, a bank account and a job that offers health insurance.
Girls who are more confident in their math skills are more likely to pursue math-intensive degrees.
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High school girls who are more confident in their math abilities are more likely to pursue math in college and beyond.
People ride Bird scooters – without helmets – in Santa Monica, California.
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Motorized scooters that can travel up to 15 miles per hour have soared in popularity over the past year, as have concerns about their safety.
Wait – where am I?
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Without their devices, regular GPS users take longer to negotiate a route, travel more slowly and make larger navigational errors.
Trash or treasure?
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The internet makes it easier for discarded stuff to land in someone else’s home instead of the dump.
Thanks to nonmedical exemptions, vaccination rates are falling in some states.
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In 18 states, parents can choose to exempt their children from vaccines for nonmedical ‘philosophical’ or ‘personal belief’ reasons.
Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at her midterm election night party in New York City, Nov. 6, 2018.
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In the next Congress, white men will make up 60 percent of the House and 71 percent of the Senate – a historic low.
The women elected to the 2019 congress pose for a photo.
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After a year of headlines and ousted CEOs, Congress has yet to pass a single piece of legislation on sexual harassment – let alone hold a hearing. That may change as lawmakers get to work in 2019.